From: S G <nw...@nt...> - 2006-07-23 21:15:38
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I'm looking for some help on installing ROX filer etc on FC1. -- Stewart Goldwater http://www.janus.freeserve.co.uk/ |
From: Thomas L. <ta...@ec...> - 2006-07-24 20:29:37
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:02:02 +0100, S G wrote: > I'm looking for some help on installing ROX filer etc on FC1. What have you tried so far? You can add comments to the Fedora installation instructions to help/warn others: http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/FedoraCore PS: Why are you using FC1, though? It's rather old... -- Dr Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net GPG: 9242 9807 C985 3C07 44A6 8B9A AE07 8280 59A5 3CC1 |
From: S G <nw...@nt...> - 2006-07-24 23:15:59
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On 24 Jul Thomas Leonard wrote: S G wrote: >> I'm looking for some help on installing ROX filer etc on FC1. > What have you tried so far? ROX-ALL - runs into problems installing Python 2.4, 2.2 being native. I think I ran into the same serpentine problem going via the 0install route, tho' I forget, having installed (with varying degrees of success - those who say Linux has a 'steep-learning-curve' aren't lying!) upgraded, (again with varying degrees of success) and eradicated ZipSlack, Amigo, Vector, Ubuntu, Mandrake 10 and possibly one or 2 others that I've forgotten) and, finally Fedora Core 1 which last, I have had most success with. > You can add comments to the Fedora installation instructions to help/warn > others: > http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/FedoraCore Yes, sure, (if I persevere) but I think I've had enough of it and am ready (almost) to give the current Debian a go. > PS: Why are you using FC1, though? It's rather old... I happened to have a set of CD's, purchased some time ago, lying around. This PS of yours encourages me on my Debian tack. Thanks for your interest. -- Stewart Goldwater http://www.janus.freeserve.co.uk/ |
From: Thomas L. <ta...@gm...> - 2006-07-28 04:56:25
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On 7/24/06, S G <nw...@nt...> wrote: > On 24 Jul Thomas Leonard wrote: > S G wrote: > > >> I'm looking for some help on installing ROX filer etc on FC1. > > > What have you tried so far? > > ROX-ALL - runs into problems installing Python 2.4, 2.2 being native. > I think I ran into the same serpentine problem going via the 0install > route, tho' I forget, having installed (with varying degrees of success > - those who say Linux has a 'steep-learning-curve' aren't lying!) > upgraded, (again with varying degrees of success) and eradicated > ZipSlack, Amigo, Vector, Ubuntu, Mandrake 10 and possibly one or 2 > others that I've forgotten) and, finally Fedora Core 1 which last, I > have had most success with. OK, upgrading Python is probably difficult, because you'd have to make 2.3 (or 2.4) the default, which would break other Python programs else unless you also installed newer versions of all the Python libraries. > > You can add comments to the Fedora installation instructions to help/warn > > others: > > http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/FedoraCore > > Yes, sure, (if I persevere) but I think I've had enough of it and am ready > (almost) to give the current Debian a go. Even just "It doesn't work with FC 1 because the default Python is 2.2 and ROX-All requires 2.3" is useful. According to distrowatch, FC 1 (released 2003) was the last to use Python 2.2. > > PS: Why are you using FC1, though? It's rather old... > > I happened to have a set of CD's, purchased some time ago, lying around. > This PS of yours encourages me on my Debian tack. > Thanks for your interest. If you're new to Linux, Fedora is probably a reasonable place to start, but FC 5 would be better than FC 1. Three years is a long time in Linux development ;-) Debian is harder to install, and the default desktop environments are less friendly. If you're planning to install the whole of ROX then the default desktop doesn't matter too much, but you might care if you just want to run ROX-Filer inside the default GNOME or KDE environment). -- Dr Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net GPG: 9242 9807 C985 3C07 44A6 8B9A AE07 8280 59A5 3CC1 |
From: Tony H. <h...@re...> - 2006-07-28 20:40:33
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In <cd5...@ma...>, Thomas Leonard wrote: > On 7/24/06, S G <nw...@nt...> wrote: > > > > ROX-ALL - runs into problems installing Python 2.4, 2.2 being native. > > I think I ran into the same serpentine problem going via the 0install > > route, tho' I forget, having installed (with varying degrees of success > > - those who say Linux has a 'steep-learning-curve' aren't lying!) > > upgraded, (again with varying degrees of success) and eradicated > > ZipSlack, Amigo, Vector, Ubuntu, Mandrake 10 and possibly one or 2 > > others that I've forgotten) and, finally Fedora Core 1 which last, I > > have had most success with. > > OK, upgrading Python is probably difficult, because you'd have to make > 2.3 (or 2.4) the default, which would break other Python programs else > unless you also installed newer versions of all the Python libraries. I've written a script (attached) which scans ~/Apps for executable python scripts and makes them explicitly run in python 2.4. That gets ROX working properly in Debian unstable for me. > > I happened to have a set of CD's, purchased some time ago, lying around. > > This PS of yours encourages me on my Debian tack. > > Thanks for your interest. > > If you're new to Linux, Fedora is probably a reasonable place to > start, but FC 5 would be better than FC 1. Three years is a long time > in Linux development ;-) > > Debian is harder to install, and the default desktop environments are > less friendly. If you're planning to install the whole of ROX then the > default desktop doesn't matter too much, but you might care if you > just want to run ROX-Filer inside the default GNOME or KDE > environment). Ubuntu is excellent at providing most of the benefits of Debian but more user friendly. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk |